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From one hour after Sunset till Sunrise the
above charge and one half more shall be made.

M. Matthew Scott,
Deputy Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, 12th August 1862.

Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, 12th August 1862.

NOTICE.

INVERCARGILL AND RIVERTON JETTIES.

In pursuance of the power vested in the Superintendent by the “Jetties and Wharves Ordinance, 1858,” of the Province of Otago, I, Matthew Scott, Deputy-Superintendent of the Province of Southland, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Province of Southland, do hereby make the following Regulations for the management of the Jetties and Wharves in the Ports of Invercargill and Riverton, in the said Province: And I do hereby declare that the several sums of money specified shall be levied and taken as Tolls, Dues, and Wharfages by the Keepers of the Jetties and Wharves in the said Ports respectively.

REGULATIONS.

1. Every vessel occupying a berth at, and every vessel making fast to, any wharf or jetty, and every vessel making fast to any vessel occupying a berth at any wharf or jetty, shall pay a toll of twopence (2d) per ton on her registered tonnage.

2. Every vessel occupying a berth at any wharf or jetty for the purpose of discharging cargo, whose period for occupying such berth, as fixed by the Harbour Regulations, shall have expired, shall pay for every day beyond such time after the following rate:—

For ships under 50 tons................ £0 10 0
Upwards ................................ £1 0 0

3. Vessels taking in cargo at any wharf or jetty will be permitted to occupy a berth until permitted for other purposes by the Harbour Master, in accordance with the said section of the Harbour Regulations.

4. Upon the recommendation of the Harbour Master to that effect, the Superintendent may exempt any vessel from payment of the above tolls, or any of them.

5. There shall be levied upon all import goods landed at any jetty or wharf, the following dues, that is to say:—

Beer (bottled) per cask .................. s. d.
6 4
Beer, ale in proportion.

Bottles per thousand .................. 2 0
Coal per ton of 20 cwt .................. 0 6
Firewood per ton .................. 0 6
Hides, per cwt .................. 1 0
Manures per ton .................. 0 6
Pig-iron, per ton .................. 0 6
Railway Iron, per ton .................. 0 6
Salt per ton of 20 cwt .................. 1 0
Coach-horses unmerchandised, per ton measurement .................. 0 6

6. There shall be levied upon all export goods shipped from any jetty or wharf the same dues as are hereby authorised to be levied upon import goods.

7. Goods upon which export dues shall have been paid at a wharf or jetty in one of the Ports aforesaid, shall not be subject to import dues at a wharf or jetty in the other of the said Ports: Provided that the owner or person in charge of such goods shall, when claiming to be exempt from the payment of such dues, produce to the keeper of the wharf or jetty claiming such dues a list of the goods for which exemption is claimed, and such list having attached or annexed thereto a certificate under the hand of the keeper of the wharf or jetty at the other of the said Ports, to the effect that the export dues have been paid in respect of such goods.

8. No master of a vessel, shipper, consignee, or any other person will be allowed to boat or raft any timber, planks, bricks, or bulky goods to any place being nearer than fifty feet clear outside of the shore end of the jetty: And the jetty-keeper is hereby authorised, on infringement of the above Regulation, to cause such goods to be immediately removed at the expense of the consignee thereof, who shall also in addition pay to the jetty-keeper a sum not exceeding double the amount of jetty dues which would have been leviable on such goods if landed on the jetty.

9. No cart or vehicle of any description will on any account be suffered to ride the tramway.

10. Goods not removed from the jetty within twenty-four hours after having been placed thereon, may be removed therefrom by the jetty-keeper at the expense of the owner, who shall pay in addition thereto the same charges as leviable under Clause 8.

11. The Regulations published in the Provincial Government Gazette dated and numbered 24th August, 1860, No. XV., are hereby rescinded.

12. These Regulations will come into operation on and after the first proximo.

M. Matthew Scott,
Deputy Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, 12th August 1862.

NOTICE.

It is hereby notified that W. F. Tarran, Esquire, has resigned his appointment as a Member of the Provincial Accounts of the Province of Southland.

M. Matthew Scott,
Deputy Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, 13th August 1862.

It is hereby notified that a General Meeting of the Education Committee will be held at the Superintendent’s Office on Friday, September 12, at 2 p.m.

W. F. Tarran,
Sec. Education Committee.

Invercargill, August 8, 1862.

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